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{{Short description|10th edition of the Pan American Games}}
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{{infobox games
| name          = X Pan American Games
| logo          = 1987 Pan American Games logo.svg
| size          = 150
| logo_alt      =
| caption       = 
| host          = [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], United States
| motto         = 
| nations       = 38
| athletes      = 4,360
| events        = 297 in 30 [[Pan American Games sports|sports]]
| opening       = {{start date and age|1987|8|8}}
| closing       = {{start date and age|1987|8|23}}
| opened_by     = [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[George H. W. Bush]]
| torch_label   = Cauldron lighter
| torch_lighter = [[Wilma Rudolph]]
| stadium       = [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] (opening) / [[Hoosier Dome]] (closing)
| SpreviousS    = [[1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]]
| SnextS        = [[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]] 
| Sprevious     = 
| Snext         = [[1990 Winter Pan American Games|1990 Las Leñas]] 
}}

The '''1987 Pan American Games''', officially known as the '''X Pan American Games''', was a major international [[multi-sport event]] held in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], [[United States]], on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the [[Americas]] competed in 297 events in 30 sports, earning 1,015 medals. Events were held at 23 venues in and around Indianapolis. The official mascot for the games was Amigo, a green [[parrot]].

==Host city selection==
{{main|Bids for the 1987 Pan American Games}}
[[Santiago]], Chile, was originally named the host of the tenth [[Pan American Games]], but it withdrew in 1983 due to political and financial problems. [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]], was named to replace Santiago, but it also withdrew, in late 1984. Desperate, the [[Pan American Sports Organization]] (PASO) held a new election. Indianapolis was planning to bid on the 1991 Games, but, at the request of the [[United States Olympic Committee]], submitted a bid for 1987. Since many sports facilities were already in place, PASO announced on December 18, 1984, that Indianapolis would be the host.<ref name="Bodenhamer1074">{{harvnb|Bodenhamer|1994|p=1074}}</ref> [[Havana]], [[Cuba]], was also interested, but PASO appeased [[Fidel Castro]], who had threatened to boycott the games, by agreeing to give Havana the 1991 games provided that Cuba participated at Indianapolis.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/life/2017/08/06/brawlers-provocateurs-even-assassins-how-indy-became-sports-town/463857001/|title=Brawlers, provocateurs, even assassins: How Indy became a sports town|last=Higgins|first=Will|date=August 6, 2017|work=[[Indianapolis Star]]|access-date=December 1, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

== Organization ==
The city of Indianapolis created an organizing committee called Pan American Ten/Indianapolis (PAX/I). It had eighteen operating divisions, 300 paid staff, and 37,000 volunteers.<ref name="Bodenhamer1074" />

=== Symbols ===
[[File:1987 Pan American Games Mascot.svg|thumb|upright=0.7|''Amigo'', the 1987 Pan American Games mascot]]
The logo of the 1987 Pan Am Games consisted of five stylized X's, the Roman numeral for ten. Designed by Michael Hayes of the JMH Corporation in Indianapolis, the seven colors represented the wildlife and flags of western hemisphere countries. The mascot was Amigo, a green parrot, designed by Jerry Reynolds of Perennial Pictures in Indianapolis. Amigo represented friendliness and festivity. The official music of the X Pan American Games was Pan American Fanfare by [[Lalo Schifrin]].

=== Broadcasting rights ===
The rights for the 1987 games were won by [[CBS]] with a bid of $4,000,000, and [[Brent Musburger]] hosted. CBS aired 26 hours of coverage, all on weekend afternoons, including live coverage of the Opening Ceremony from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Additionally, CBS provided the world feed. Because these games were first since the [[Cuban Revolution]]<ref name=":0" /> in which Cuban athletes were competing in the United States, the ratings were boosted by their participation, providing a United States-Cuba showdown in many events.

==Venues==
The 1987 Pan Am Games were held at a total of 23 sites. The [[athletes village]], which provided lodging and dining for the athletes, was located at [[Fort Benjamin Harrison]] in [[Lawrence, Indiana]].<ref name="Bodenhamer1074" />
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|+Venues for the 1987 Pan American Games
|-
!scope="col"| Venue
!scope="col"| Location
!scope="col"|Sport(s)/Events
|-
!scope="row"|[[Eagle Creek Park]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Archery, Canoeing, Rowing
|-
!scope="row"|[[IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Athletics
|-
!scope="row"|[[Bush Stadium]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Baseball
|-
!scope="row"|[[Market Square Arena]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Basketball
|-
!scope="row"|[[Brown County State Park]]
|[[Nashville, Indiana]]
|Biking
|-
!scope="row"|[[Indiana Convention Center]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Boxing, Fencing, Field Hockey, Rhythmic gymnastics
|-
!scope="row"|[[Hoosier Dome]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Closing ceremonies, Gymnastics, Handball
|-
!scope="row"|[[Major Taylor Velodrome]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Cycling
|-
!scope="row"|[[Indiana University Natatorium]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Diving, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Water polo
|-
!scope="row"|Hoosier Horse Park
|[[Edinburgh, Indiana]]
|Equestrian events
|-
!scope="row"|[[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]]
|[[Speedway, Indiana]]
|Opening ceremonies, Speed roller skating, Cycling
|-
!scope="row"|Carmel Ice Skadium
|[[Carmel, Indiana]]
|Roller hockey, Roller figure skating
|-
!scope="row"|[[Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Soccer
|-
!scope="row"|IUPUI Softball Complex
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Softball
|-
!scope="row"|[[IUPUI Gymnasium]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Taekwondo, Judo
|-
!scope="row"|[[Indianapolis Tennis Center]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Tennis
|-
!scope="row"|[[Hilbert Circle Theatre|Circle Theatre]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Weightlifting
|-
!scope="row"|[[University of Indianapolis]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|Wrestling
|-
!scope="row"|[[Lake Michigan]]
|[[Michigan City, Indiana]]
|Yachting
|-
|}

==Games==

=== Opening ceremony ===
[[File:Ims aerial.jpg|thumb|Opening ceremonies and speed roller skating were held in the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]]]]
The opening ceremony was held on the main straight of the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]], the site of the [[Indianapolis 500]]. Crowd size reports range from 69,518, the official capacity of the stadium proper,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-09-sp-425-story.html|title=THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Bush League Problems at Gate : Crowd Control Fiasco Mars Opening in Indianapolis|last=DWYRE|first=BILL|date=1987-08-09|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2018-12-01|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> to 80,000.<ref name=":0" /> The show, ''The Magic that is America'', was produced by [[The Walt Disney Company]] at a cost of several million dollars.<ref name=":1" /> The 6,500 performers made it the largest outdoor live entertainment show held in the United States up to that date,<ref name="Games">{{cite book|title=The Games of August: Official Commemorative Book|publisher=Showmasters|year=1987|isbn=978-0-9619676-0-4|location=Indianapolis}}</ref> and the largest opening ceremony of the Pan Am games. The organizers had originally budgeted $2.5 million for the opening and closing ceremonies, but all the proposals by Disney exceeded that figure, so the committee decided to use that entire amount to stage the opening ceremony.{{Sfn|PAX/Indianapolis|1989|p=47}}

[[Sandi Patty]] was a featured singer and the show included hot air balloons and military fighter jets. Dignitaries included IOC President [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]], Indianapolis Mayor [[William H. Hudnut III]], Indiana Governor [[Robert D. Orr]], and PASO President [[Mario Vazquez Raña]].

U.S. Vice President [[George H. W. Bush]] officially opened the games,<ref name=":0" /> and additional security protocols for his presence led to about 5000 people being delayed in lines, with twelve people fainting.<ref name=":1" />

Flag bearers in the Parade of Nations included the games' oldest athlete, 70-year-old yachtsman [[Durward Knowles]] of the Bahamas, basketball star [[José Ortiz (basketball)|José Ortiz]] of Puerto Rico, and baseball pitcher [[Jim Abbott]] of the United States.<ref name="Games" /> The Canadian delegation engaged with the crowd by playing [[frisbee]] with them.

In keeping with Pan American Games tradition, a flame was lit at [[Cerro de la Estrella National Park|Cerro de la Estrella]] in [[Mexico City]]. The flame was flown to [[Chicago]] on July 16, and was carried along an 1,100-mile torch relay that encircled the state of Indiana before arriving in Indianapolis on August 7.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/138890810/ "Torch journeys through Knox County on its way to the Opening Ceremony"] (includes statewide map of torch relay route), ''Vincennes Sun-Commercial'', July 26, 1987, page 16.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/138891029/ "Who would you like to light torch for Pan Am Games?"], ''[[Indianapolis Star]]'', July 12, 1987, page 6B.</ref> Money raised during the torch relay was donated to Indianapolis's [[Riley Hospital for Children]], which received more than $10,000.{{Sfn|PAX/Indianapolis|1989|p=173}} The final leg of the torch relay had the flame passed from Indianapolis-born basketball player [[Oscar Robertson]] to gymnast [[Kristie Phillips]] to sprinter [[Wilma Rudolph]], also from Indianapolis, who lit the cauldron.<ref name=":1" />

During the opening ceremony, a plane chartered by [[Cuban exodus|anti-Castro]] [[Cuban Americans|Cuban-American]] activists flew a banner urging Cuban athletes to defect.<ref name=":0" />

===Events===
* Thirty sports were contested at the tenth Pan American Games for a total of 321 events. Five were contested for the first time in 1987, including [[Team handball|handball]].
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* [[File:Baseball pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Baseball at the 1987 Pan American Games|Baseball]]
* [[File:Basketball pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Basketball at the 1987 Pan American Games|Basketball]]
* [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games|Boxing]]
* [[File:Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Canoeing at the 1987 Pan American Games|Canoeing]]
* [[File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Cycling at the 1987 Pan American Games|Cycling]]
* [[File:Diving pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Diving at the 1987 Pan American Games|Diving]]
* [[File:Equestrian pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Equestrian at the 1987 Pan American Games|Equestrian]]
* [[File:Fencing pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Fencing at the 1987 Pan American Games|Fencing]]
* [[File:Field hockey pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Field hockey at the 1987 Pan American Games|Field hockey]]
* [[File:Figure skating pictogram.svg|30px|alt=|link=]] [[Figure skating at the 1987 Pan American Games|Figure skating]]
* [[File:Football pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Football at the 1987 Pan American Games|Football (soccer)]]
* [[File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Gymnastics at the 1987 Pan American Games|Gymnastics]]
* [[File:Handball pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Handball at the 1987 Pan American Games|Handball]]
* [[File:Judo pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Judo at the 1987 Pan American Games|Judo]]
* [[File:Modern pentathlon pictogram (pre-2025).svg|30px]] [[Modern Pentathlon at the 1987 Pan American Games|Modern Pentathlon]]
* [[File:Speed skating pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Roller skating at the 1987 Pan American Games|Roller skating]]
* [[File:Rowing pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Rowing at the 1987 Pan American Games|Rowing]]
* [[File:Sailing pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Sailing at the 1987 Pan American Games|Sailing]]
* [[File:Shooting pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Shooting at the 1987 Pan American Games|Shooting]]
* [[File:Softball pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Softball at the 1987 Pan American Games|Softball]]
* [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games|Swimming]]
* [[File:Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Synchronized swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games|Synchronized swimming]]
* [[File:Table tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Table Tennis at the 1987 Pan American Games|Table tennis]]
* [[File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Taekwondo at the 1987 Pan American Games|Taekwondo]]
* [[File:Tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Tennis at the 1987 Pan American Games|Tennis]]
* [[File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Volleyball at the 1987 Pan American Games|Volleyball]]
* [[File:Water polo pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Water polo at the 1987 Pan American Games|Water polo]]
* [[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Weightlifting at the 1987 Pan American Games|Weightlifting]]
* [[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|30px]] [[Wrestling at the 1987 Pan American Games|Wrestling]]
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===Participating nations===
38 nations participated in the tenth Pan American Games. Four countries competed for the first time in 1987: Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and Grenada.<ref name="Games" />
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* {{ATG}} (28)
* {{ARG}} (377)
* {{ARU}} (45)
* {{BAH}} (50)
* {{BAR}} (85)
* {{BIZ}} (43)
* {{BER}} (72)
* {{BOL}} (28)
* {{flagu|Brazil}} (410)
* {{VGB}} 
* {{flagu|Canada}} (631)
* {{CYM}}
* {{CHL}} (105)
* {{COL}} (260)
* {{CRI}}
* {{CUB}} (535)
* {{DOM}} (135)
* {{ECU}} (60)
* {{SLV}} (93)
* {{GRN}} (7)
* {{GTM}} (92)
* {{GUY}} (17)
* {{HTI}} (4)
* {{HND}}
* {{JAM}} (108)
* {{flagu|Mexico}} (353)
* {{AHO}} (92)
* {{NIC}} (40)
* {{PAN}} (100)
* {{PRY}} (65)
* {{PER}} (110)
* {{PRI}} (341)
* {{SUR}}
* {{TTO}} (80)
* {{flagu|United States}} (743)
* {{flag|ISV|name=U.S. Virgin Islands}}
* {{URU}} (107)
* {{VEN}} (210)
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=== Protests involving the Cuban delegation during the games ===
Tension between Cuba and the United States had already been an issue with the selection of Indianapolis over [[Havana]] for the site of the games,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1987-08-02 |title=PAN AM GAMES: FROM PERON TO THE PRESENT |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/08/02/pan-am-games-from-peron-to-the-present/ |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> and a Cuban boycott had been avoided only when [[Fidel Castro]] received a promise that the [[1991 Pan American Games]] would be held in Havana. After the incident with a plane flying a banner urging Cuban athletes to defect in the opening ceremony, Cuban immigrants to the United States continued to use the games as a way to confront the [[Fidel Castro|Castro]] regime, using the Cuban athletes as a proxy. This games marked the first time since the [[Cuban Revolution]] that Cuban athletes had participated in the United States. At a [[Baseball at the 1987 Pan American Games|baseball game]] in [[Bush Stadium]] between Cuba and the [[Netherlands Antilles]] the day after the opening ceremony, Cuban-American protestors taunted the Cuban players, threw flyers at them, and mocked them with offers of cash. A fight broke out, but only one bystander was injured and hospitalized after [[Indianapolis Police Department|Indianapolis police]] broke up the fight by preventing the Cuban players from entering the stands. At a subsequent game against Puerto Rico, some Cuban players were able to enter the stands to chase protestors before being stopped.<ref name=":0" />

During [[Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games|boxing events]] at the [[Indiana Convention Center]], anti-Castro Cuban-American protestors mocked the Cuban boxers from the stands. The police were unable to stop the Cuban boxers from entering the stands and punching the protestors in retaliation. According to witnesses, up to a dozen Cuban boxers, including [[Pablo Romero]], as well as a hundred spectators were involved. Two people were hospitalized.<ref name=":0" /> After these incidents Manuel Gonzalez Guerra, who was Cuba's top sports official, publicly demanded that organizers keep the anti-Castro protestors away from the Cuban athletes. In private, he also unsuccessfully asked the Indianapolis police chief to lock the activists up. Mark Miles, the president of the organizing committee, made a phone call to the [[Ronald Reagan]] administration in the White House, who subsequently pressed Cuban-American activists groups to dial down the pressure by the final week.<ref name=":0" />

===Medal count===
[[File:1987 Pan American Games - U.S. trap shooting team.JPEG|thumb|upright=0.7|The United States received the most medals. Pictured here is their [[trap shooting]] team receiving gold]]
{{Main list|1987 Pan American Games medal table}}

;<span style="background:#ccccff; width:3em;">&nbsp;1&nbsp;</span>
:Host nation

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|+Medals by nation in the 1987 Pan American Games
|-
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Nation
! scope="col" style="background-color:gold; width:6em;" | Gold
! scope="col" style="background-color:silver; width:6em;" | Silver
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966; width:6em;" | Bronze
! scope="col" style="width:6em;" | Total
|- style="background-color:#ccccff"
| 1
!scope="row" |{{flagPASO|USA|1987}} <sup>1</sup> {{ref|1|a}}
|{{nts|169}}/{{nts|168}}||{{nts|120}}/{{nts|118}}||{{nts|81}}/{{nts|83}}||{{nts|370}}/{{nts|369}}
|-
| 2
!scope="row" |{{flagPASO|CUB|1987}}
|{{nts|75}}||{{nts|52}}||{{nts|48}}||{{nts|175}}
|-
| 3
!scope="row"|{{flagPASO|CAN|1987}} {{ref|1|a}}
|{{nts|30}}||{{nts|56}}/{{nts|57}}||{{nts|75}}||{{nts|161}}/{{nts|162}}
|-
| 4
!scope="row"|{{flagPASO|BRA|1987}}
|{{nts|14}}||{{nts|14}}||{{nts|33}}||{{nts|61}}
|-
| 5
!scope="row"|{{flagPASO|ARG|1987}}
|{{nts|12}}||{{nts|14}}||{{nts|22}}||{{nts|48}}
|}

'''Notes'''
{{note|1}} The medal counts for the United States and Canada differ in various sources.

=== Indianapolis Museum of Art exhibition ===
Coinciding with the [[Pan American Games]] was the [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]] exhibition ''Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920–1987''. The exhibition presented 125 works by artists from a variety of nations, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.<ref name="Berry">{{cite book|title=Every Way Possible: 125 Years of the Indianapolis Museum of Art|last=Berry|first=S.L.|publisher=Indianapolis Museum of Art|year=2008}}</ref> Well-known artists such as [[Frida Kahlo]] and [[Roberto Matta]] were featured, as well as artists who had never exhibited outside their native country.<ref name="FantasticMagazine">{{cite journal|last=Alexander|first=Nancy|date=June 1987|title=The Art of the Fantastic: The works of three generations of artists explore the Latin American experience in a dazzling new exhibit at the IMA|journal=Indianapolis Magazine}}</ref> The show was the first large-scale presentation of 20th-century Latin American art in the U.S. in over 20 years and was the museum's first contemporary exhibition to travel.<ref name="Berry" />

=== Closing ceremony ===
[[File:Indianapolis 1988 (6000105665).jpg|thumb|Pan American Plaza in 1988. Closing ceremonies were held inside the [[Hoosier Dome]]. These were the first Pan American Games to feature closing ceremonies in an indoor space.]]

The closing ceremony was initially planned to take place at the [[Indiana World War Memorial Plaza#American Legion Mall|American Legion Mall]], a popular site for open air events on the [[Indiana World War Memorial Plaza]] in downtown Indianapolis. However, in April, the management of the [[American Legion]] objected because of protocol issues: the flag of the host country (the United States) would be lowered and that of the host country of the next Pan American games (Cuba), with whom the U.S. had hostile relations, would be raised to fly by itself. In June, the organizing committee decided to relocate the ceremony to the [[Hoosier Dome]]. Because the gymnastics finals were scheduled to end only a few hours before the closing ceremony, it was decided to use only a portion of the dome, limiting attendance to 35,000 instead of 60,000. Despite the initial budget for all ceremonies having been allocated exclusively to the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony was staged for $500,000.{{Sfn|PAX/Indianapolis|1989|p=51}}

The headline act was Cuban-American [[Gloria Estefan]] and her band, [[Miami Sound Machine]],<ref name="Games" /> which was selected, according to the organizing committee, because her album ''[[Let It Loose (album)|Let It Loose]]'' had just achieved [[platinum sales]]. The choice of Castro-critic Estefan, who had fled with her family during the [[Cuban Revolution]] while her father stayed behind and was imprisoned, led the Cuban delegation to again threaten the boycott. In the end, they attended the closing ceremony, but returned to the stands and sat during the dancing.<ref name=":0" /> The ceremony ended with indoor fireworks, and the spectators were invited to exit the building to see a 25-minute outdoor fireworks display.{{Sfn|PAX/Indianapolis|1989|p=52}}

==Impact==
[[File:Indianapolis Tennis Center's main court.jpg|thumb|After the Pan Am Games, the [[Indianapolis Tennis Center]] became the annual venue for the [[Indianapolis Tennis Championships]]]]
The Pan Am Games brought about $175 million (1988 USD, $355.1 million 2016 USD) to Indianapolis's economy.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Price |first=Nelson |title=Indianapolis Then & Now |publisher=Thunder Bay Press |location=San Diego, California |year=2004 |pages=77 |isbn=1-59223-208-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/|title=Inflation Calculator|website=US Inflation Calculator|publisher=US Inflation Calculator}}</ref> Hosting the Games cost about $30 million.<ref name="Bodenhamer1074" /> Indianapolis was the first Pan American Games host city to break even financially.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="EncInd">{{harvnb|Bodenhamer|1994|p=1495}}</ref>

Hosting the games also attracted many sports organizations to consider Indianapolis as a site for their headquarters, most notably the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]].<ref name=":0" />

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Bodenhamer |first=David J. |title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-253-31222-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bg13QcMSsq8C |access-date=2008-12-29}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1987-indianapolis-lq.pdf |title=The Tenth Pan American Games Indianapolis 7–23 August 1983 |publisher=PAX/Indianapolis, Inc. |year=1989 |location=Indianapolis |ref={{harvid|PAX/Indianapolis|1989}} |access-date=April 28, 2023}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1987-indianapolis-lq.pdf Indianapolis 1987 - X Pan American Games - Official Report] at PanamSports.org {{in lang|en|es}}

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